He was not a subtle-minded man at all.

He was not one of those who take it upon themselves to say that they understand women--using the word in an offensively general sense, as if women were situated midway between the human and the animal races.

He was old-fashioned enough to look upon women as higher and purer than men, while equally capable of thought and self-control.

He had, it must be remembered, no great taste for fictional literature.

He had not read the voluminous lucubrations of the modern woman writer.